Best Economics Blogs on the Interweb

Fatas' blog focuses on European fiscal and monetary policy. It is a great resource for anybody who wants to know more about the challenges facing the Euro zone and the economic imbalances between the core and periphery.

Authors: Don Boudreaux, George Mason University and Russ Roberts, Stanford UniversityFrequency: DailyComments: Few

Café Hayek, as the name suggests, is a blog that leans towards Austrian economics. It tries to make a case for a more liberal approach to policy less regulation. Whether or not you agree with the blog's position, I suggest visiting it just for the insightful quotes of the day.

The blog was started in 2005 because McBride wanted to warn us about the brewing housing bubble. Ever since, he wrote concise and accessible analysis of important economic development, with an emphasis on the housing market.

Author: Mark Perry, University of MichiganFrequency: DailyComments: Many

Humans are visual creatures, but economists typically like to talk in equations and professional jargon. Mark Perry seized this opportunity by creating a beautiful blog which shows a visual representation of economic developments through graphs and infographics.

Author: Miles Kimball, University of MichiganFrequency: DailyComments: Few

Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal is my type of blog. Miles Kimball presents quirky real life topics such as the pros and cons of the tipping culture or tips for living in a deflationary environment. Overall, the blog has a strong focus on finance and education.

Nobel prize winner, Paul Krugman is a very controversial figure in economics for his outspoken disgust for right wing policies and the Republican Party. His incredibly popular blog has a strong focus on American politics and its impact on domestic and international economic stability.

Conversable Economics consists of short blog posts about a wide range of subjects including labor, monetary and health economics. Taylor's experience as managing director of a major journal is obvious because, even if the articles are concise, he always backs his analysis with quotations and data (aka evidence).

Authors: James Hamilton, University of California San Diego and Menzi Chinn, University of Wisconsin-MadisonFrequency: DailyComments: Many

EconBrowser, as the name suggests, covers a wide range of topics in economics, but has a strong focus on China - Chinn's area of study, and energy markets - Hamilton's area of study. I particularly enjoy the guest contributors that add diversity to the analysis.

Author: Roger Farmer, University of California Los AngelesFrequency: Bi-MonthlyComments: Few

In addition to all its jokes and funny graphics, Economic Window remains an insightful macroeconomics blog. The great thing about it is that Roger Farmer tries hard not to be an ideologue but bases his analysis on a unique blend of Keynesian and classical ideas.

Evan Soltas, unlike most bloggers on this list is not a Professor, but he is pursuing a Major in Economics at Princeton University. As a result, he brings a fresh look free from much bias. I enjoy this blog because the articles, which cover a wide range of issues, are concise yet packed with insightful analysis.

Author: Mark Thoma, University of OregonFrequency: DailyComments: Many

Mark Thoma's Economist's View is one of the pillar of the economics blogosphere. Besides writing a number of long articles on macroeconomics, he publishes on a daily basis a list of intersting bog posts, focusing mainly on independent blogs. So if you have your own blog, feed him your articles.

Much like the title of this blog, Mankiw posts no-nonsense concise yet intersting posts that are useful for novices and experts. I have a soft spot for this blog because, like almost anybody who studied economics in the past 15 years, Mankiw was the author of my introduction to economics textbook.

Authors: Atif Mian, Princeton University and Amir Sufy, University of ChicagoFrequency: Bi-MonthlyComments: Many

Mian and Sufy are leading experts on the macroeconomic effect of private debt. Their blog's focus is on explaining the causes and effects of the 2008 financial crisis and brainstorming mitigating policies.

John Kay is one of Britain's leading economists and writer for the Financial Times. I really enjoy his blog because he tries to explain how everyday life is affected by economics in a very accessible manner.

Tony Yates is an incredible debater and insightful macroeconomist. Most of his posts consist of sharply written responses to commentators and other bloggers. These back and forth are invaluable in allowing readers to understand arguments from multiple perspectives.

Author: David Andolfatto, Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Vice-President)Frequency: Bi-MonthlyComments: Few

MacroMania is a macroeconomics blog geared towards academia. and is heavy with equations, graphs and models. Posts are relatively infrequent but when Andolfatto publishes them, they dive deep into theory.

Author: David Beckworth, Western Kentucky UniversityFrequency: Bi-WeeklyComments: Many

Macromarket Musing critiques macroeconomic policies whether they be monetary or fiscal. Beckworth deals with topics such as the impact of devaluation, the Eurocrisis or the origins and consequences of large public debt.

Authors: Tyler Cowen, George Mason University and Alex Tabarrok, George Mason UniversityFrequency: DailyComments: Many

Marginal Revolution is another pillar in economics. The authors post a number of excerpts from both academic journals and commercial publications, in additional to quirky articles on current affairs. However, what brings me back are the interesting discussions in the comments section.

Although articles are published infrequently and at unpredictable time intervals, this blog is still worth the visit. It is a collection of musings on economics and politics, with a special interest in free banking and monetary disequilibrium.

Author: Craig Newmark, North Carolina State UniversityFrequency: DailyComments: Few

Don't get too excited, this is not the Craig Newmark who created Craigslist (on the other hand, the blog is much more visually pleasing). This is an easy to read and non-technical look at current affairs from an economist's perspective. Highly recommended.

Authors: Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard University and Richard H. Thaler, University of ChicagoFrequency: Bi-MonthlyComments: Many

The Nudge blog is the online companion to Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein's "Nudge". Here you'll find much more about nudging, choice architecture, libertarian paternalism, and many other terms you won't read about in standard economics books.

Rogue Economics deconstructs fundamental principles in economics in order to walk readers through the causes and ideal solutions to current issues. The blog stands apart with its strong focus on economic development, especially in Africa.

Spontaneous Finance is considered by some analysts the best blog on banking. Noizet tries to reinject some classical liberal, free-market and laissez-faire ideas in today's debate on banking and finance, in the tradition of thinkers such as Von Mises, Hayek, Buchanan, Friedman, Mill, Bastiat and Voltaire.

Author: Steve Keen, University of Western SydneyFrequency: Bi-WeeklyComments: None

Keen attempts to explain the causes of the current global financial crisis and warn about our over reliance on debt financing. It is a great blog for anybody interested in the quantification of financial risk.

TV personality, blogger and podcaster, Barry Riholtz' has been observing capital markets for 20 years. His blog has a holistic approach to financial and trends analysis, and has fantastic infographics.

Author: John Cochrane, University of ChicagoFrequency: DailyComments: Medium

The Grumpy Economist is a right leaning blog about financial economics, macroeconomics and public policy. It caters to the academic crowd and the analysis is often backed with graphs, equations and empirical data.

As the name suggests, Scott Sumner's blog is focused on monetary economics. It is an essential reference for anybody who is interested in Central Banking. In fact, many of his ideas were actually adopted by central bankers, inclding targetting the Nominal Gross Domestic Product.

It always surprises me how little attention this blog attracts in the economics blogsphere. I would highly suggest it to anybody who is interested in the Euro crisis and the future of the peripheral economies. But most of all it sheds light to the question that the whole world asked in 2015: "What are those Greeks thinking"!

Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson are the co-authors of the best selling book "Why Nations Fail" and are two of economics' super stars. Their blog is quite unique, and unlike their peers who deal with macro and microeconomics, it focuses on governance and the political economy.

The Worthwhile Canadian Initiative is a compilation of creative thought experiments from its three editors: the blog excels at answering "economic brainteaser" in a concise and almost quotable way. It is also the reference for understanding developments in the Canadian economy.